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I have 37 stories published in
2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 43084 times
and 30 of my stories have been cherry picked.
jem
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My stories
Making Potions
A girl in my son's nursery class had her leg amputated at the knee. ‘Her leg was poorly so the doctors asked if they could cut it off, and she said ‘...
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Dream Catcher
Revised a bit... I dreamt I held a wren; Its eyes huge with fear, And body warm and frantic, Pressing a throbbing breast Into my palm.
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Helping with the Bees
It's a hot day when I visit, I swat bluebottles away as I walk down the drive. Lightening bugs, ladybirds. You open the door slowly; Skin loose, skull huge, voice slurred.
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Angela
The Swiss Cottage is a two hundred year old Hansel and Gretel-style pub that sits uncomfortably in the middle of a busy inner-London interchange,...
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Cartography
A body I thought would be mine forever Is creasing, folding, changing shape; Skin becoming mapped by lines that show Each tendon ridge, each blue-...
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